[New Orleans, LA] — Note to Krewe of Rex: I don’t think anyone is likely to confuse the ‘tit Rəx Parade with yours.

Nonetheless, in what may be a classic David vs. Goliath legal donnybrook, last year the mega-krewe threatened to sue the micro-krewe for trademark infringement, leading the smaller, Petit (“’tit,” get it?) Rex krewe to invert the “e” in its name.

The inverted “e” symbol, known as a schwa — despite sounding like something out of Wayne’s World (or was that “schwing?”) — is used in phonetic spellings.

And Saturday’s ‘tit Rəx parade through the Bywater was all about the schwa.

Glen Abbott is a Florida-based travel writer & photographer specializing in motorcycle touring and travel. He is a columnist for Harley-Davidson's HOG and American Iron's Motorcycle Bagger, and his travel features appear regularly in those and other publications.